Strange Looking Treaty Oak
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97957)
Daytona Beach, Florida
July 30, 2020 8:35pm CST
Since I am living in Florida I found it interesting to discover that there are some unusual things to see which tourists might not consider as an attraction. In Jacksonville, Florida you’ll find a huge oak tree in the Southbank area that is called the Treaty Oak.
Now I would love to see this tree because I fell in love with oak trees in Latvia. Somehow they seemed to emit such strength and somehow attract me. In my area in Florida, I mostly see palm trees. Anyway, the Treaty Oak is about 250 years old and it was preserved in 1995.
To this day the oak is kept in good condition and people look after it. This very big and important tree the Treaty Oak dominates the area in which it is located.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
31 Jul 20
I love oak trees as well and lived in Jacksonville but never got to see this tree although I wanted to!
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug 20
I loved the large oak tree I had in my garden in Latvia @LovingMyBabies and fondly called it Henry
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
1 Aug 20
Same here. I am used to seeing tall trees but not a very big ones like this.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
31 Jul 20
This really is a unique and strange looking tree!
I wonder why was it named so?
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
1 Aug 20
@RasmaSandra but what I wanted to know if some treaty was signed near this tree?
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
5 Aug 20
@RasmaSandra That's really cool! I'm so glad that the tree has been around all these years.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug 20
@simone10 I got the answer online
In the 1930s, the name and history were created by journalist Pat Moran of the Florida Times-Union. In an attempt to rescue the tree from being destroyed by developers, he wrote an article claiming a treaty had been signed at the site by indigenous Floridians and early European settlers and called it the Treaty Oak.
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Aug 20
I've visited the Treaty Oak in Jacksonville. It's as magnificent as the picture makes it out to be!
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug 20
And probably more impressive in person @moffitjc
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Aug 20
@RasmaSandra It was very impressive.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug 20
I love those photos of the mansions in New Orleans with driveways lined by large oaks @CarolDM
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Aug 20
@RasmaSandra Yes I miss that atmosphere but not the weather.
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@FourWalls (86615)
• United States
31 Jul 20
I don’t know that I ever saw it the entire time I lived in Jacksonville.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Aug 20
With the reach of the branches this almost looks like a banyan tree. so are there banyan trees where you live in Florida since there are palm trees? I don't know cuz I've never been to Florida but I know Hawaii has both and I fell in love with the banyan tree they're very distinctive and different they're all different but you can kind of tell what they are when you see him.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Aug 20
@MarshaMusselman yes, there are banyan trees in Florida just not near me.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
31 Jul 20
@RasmaSandra
To me it looks like a slide is coming out of it and going to the ground.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
31 Jul 20
What a magnificent looking tree. Think about all it has seen in its 250 years!
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug 20
I was thinking the same thing if it could talk what stories it would tell @LindaOHio
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
31 Jul 20
It looks a bonsai tree in the picture but it's not. We have a more than century old acacia tree.
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